Brief
Beneficiaries struggling with grants since SASSA closed Macassar office
“People are poor and cannot afford to travel far for services that should be here,” says resident
Brief | 8 April 2024
Children have to use an open field as a toilet at Mthatha primary school
Zwelinzima Primary has 200 learners and 13 staff but no toilets
Brief | 8 April 2024
Palestinian supporters march to Parliament
The protest marked Al-Quds Day, an international day to oppose the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territory
Brief | 5 April 2024
Protesters accuse coal mining company of damaging their homes
Ogies and Phola coal mining communities also demand that Seriti publish a labour plan
Brief | 5 April 2024
Pit toilet eradication deadline missed by Limpopo education department
But department says it’s 80% of the way there
By Liezl Human
Brief | 4 April 2024
Toddlers electrocuted by illegal electrical wires
Thembelihle Ndlela and Kwenzakonke Gazu, both aged 3, were playing near their homes in Zwelisha, north of Durban, on Wednesday
Brief | 4 April 2024
Get the trains running immediately, say protesters
Cape Town commuters march from Heideveld train station to the station in Nyanga
Brief | 3 April 2024
Putin the “Hitler of the 21st Century” says former Ukrainian president
Viktor Yushchenko, who survived poisoning by Russian backed opponents, spoke in Cape Town on the eve of the Easter long weekend
Brief | 29 March 2024
Hundreds of security guards sent home without wages after Eastern Cape health department fails to pay contractors
Department promises to make payments from April, the start of the new financial year
Brief | 27 March 2024